#78dcde

Color #78dcde

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#78dcde

RGB

rgb(120, 220, 222)

HSL

hsl(181.2, 60.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.2, 45.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(82.08, -28.73, -10.08)

LCH

lch(82.08, 30.45, 199.33)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.094, 197.2)

HWB

hwb(181.2, 47.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de7a78

Analogous

#78dead

#78dcde

#78a9de

Triadic

#78dcde

#de78dc

#dcde78

Split-complementary

#78dcde

#de78a9

#dead78

Tetradic

#78dcde

#7a78de

#de7a78

#dcde78

Square

#78dcde

#ad78de

#de7a78

#a9de78

Shades

Color #78dcde mixed toward black.

#4ad0d3

#2db5b7

#228789

#165a5c

#0b2d2e

Tints

Color #78dcde mixed toward white.

#8fe2e4

#a5e8e9

#bcedef

#d2f3f4

#e9f9fa

Tones

Color #78dcde mixed toward gray.

#81d4d6

#89cccd

#92c4c5

#9abbbc

#a3b3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaede · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#a79fdd · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#80dddd · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78dcde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78dcde]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#78dcde (#78dcde) is rgb(120, 220, 222) in RGB.

No, #78dcde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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